Revolving clothes bar



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J. E. ARMSON. REVOLVING CLOTHES BAR. No. 409,442. Patented Aug. 20,1889.

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JOHN EDlVARD ARHSON, OF NORTHVILLE, MICHIGAN.

REVOLVING CLOTHES=BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,442, dated August20, 1889.

Application filed March 28, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD ARM SON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Northville, county of lVayne, State of Michigan, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Revolving Clothes-Bars; and I declare the following to be afull, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and usef Lil improvements inrevolving clothes-bars, having for its object the production of such anarticle which shall be simple and economical, capable of being verycompactly closed together when not in use, and at the same time furnisha very large amount of extensibility.

' I carry out my invention as more fully hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims, and as more explicitly illustrated in thedrawings submitted herewith, and in which- Figure l is a verticalsection, plan View.

In the drawings, A A represent a vertical standard made in two partsseparated intermediate the upper and lower surfaces of the bottomcasting or collar, as shown at a.

B is the supporting-base, which may be constructed in any ordinarymanner; but I prefer to construct it with radiating legs 13, jointed, asshown at Z), in order that their outer extremities, when the device isnot in use, may be folded, as indicated in dotted lines, so as to occupybut little space. When the bars are extended for use, the extremities ofsaid legs are straightened out, as shown in full lines, to effectuallysupport the bars in a firm manner.

Engaged upon the supporting-standard are shown collars C 0 0 three beingillustrated thereupon in the drawings. My invention, however,contemplates any suitable number. These collars may be formed ofmetallic castin gs, hollow at the center to receive the verticalstandard. Each collar is constructed with a Fig. 2 is a series of ears0011 its periphery, the said ears being made with suitable apertures, asat 0,

Serial No. 305,140. (No modeLl to receive an arm D, and to allow thesaid arm to be drawn out into an extended position or to be foldedalongside the standard A A, as shown. These arms may be made of timber,and are preferably straight.

To hold the arms in position in engagement with the collar, the collarmay be provided toward the outer end of each ear with a shoulder or lug0 the upper end of the ear adjacent to the standard being also formedwith a shoulder 0 bridging the aperture, the shoulder consisting thus ofthe upper rim of the collar adjacent to the vertical standard. The innerend of the arm when extended has a bearing against the said rim orshoulder, the arm also resting on the lug or outer extremity of the earbeneath it. In this manner the arm when extended is strongly supportedso as to uphold the weight of the clothes applied thereupon.

To facilitate the movement of the arms, their inner lower corners may besuitably cut away, as at (Z, to allow the free play of the arm in theoperation of folding and extending the same.

To prevent any liability of pulling the arm out of the ear in extendingthe same, it is provided toward its inner end with a stud or pin d, tostrike against the lug 0 so, also, to hold the arms in a verticalposition when folded up. Each arm is provided with a stud or pin (1toward its outer end, which, striking on the top of the outer end or lugof the ear,

supports the arm, as shown.

The collars 0 Cl may be secured to the vertieal standard in any desiredmanner. The

lower collar C is preferably made with a longer inner sleeve 0, toreceive the vertical standards A A, the whole construction of said lowercollar being also thicker vertically, as shown. \Vithin the inner sleeve0 the adjacent ends of the separable parts of the spondin g annulargroove, as at a Into these adjacent grooves a a I run Babbitt metal tohold the collar upon the standard and yet allowing the base of thecollar to rotate about the standard. This construction, it will be seen,forms at this point a revolving joint. I do not limit myself, however,to a jointed standard effected in this particular manner only, nor to astandard made rotatable at this partioularpoint alone of the union ofthe lower collar therewith. The intermediate collarC is set so that theears are in a vertical plane between the ears of the collars above andbelow it, as this arrangement provides for greater compactness and alarger number of arms. The outer extremities of the upper set of arms Iprefer to provide with pins (1 on their upper ends, which I find assistin retaining heavy clothes upon the arms. These pins, however, may bedispensed with if desired.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In clothes-bars, the combination,with a standard made in parts A A, of a collar 0 having a fixedengagement with one of said parts and a rotatable engagement with theother, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a standard made in parts A A having a revolvingjointed engagement the one with the other, of a series of collarslocated thereupon provided with a series of ears, and movable armsengaged with said ears, the construction being such that said arms maybe folded vertically and extended horizontally, substantially as setforth. 3. In combination, a standard consisting of two sections A A, anda collar having a fixed engagement with one of said sections andembracing the other section, the said sections being locked againstVertical displacement, substantially as set forth,

4. In combination, a standard consisting of two sections A and A, one ofsaid sections being provided with a circumferential groove, a collarfixed to the opposite section and embracing the section provided withthe groove and having an interior groove registering with the saidsection, and a ring fitted in said grooves for lockin g the sections ofthe standard against vertical displacement, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN EDWVARD ARMSON.

WVitnesses:

WV. E. AMBLER, FRANK S. HARMON.

